QT and P wave dispersion and heart rate variability in patients with Dravet syndrome

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-166

  Ergul, Yakup ^a   Ekici, Baris ^a,b   Tatli, Burak ^c   Nisli, Kemal ^a   Ozmen, Meral ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Pediatric Neurology Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Istanbul University ^*  (Turkey)

^c BEZMIALEM VAKIF UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dravet syndrome; Heart rate variability; P wave dispersion; QT dispersion; Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; ETIRACETAM; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QT DISPERSION; REPOLARIZATION; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 84878207092     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: 22402993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13760-012-0140-z     Document Type: Article

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